| A River Called Time Contributor(s): Couto, Mia (Author), Brookshaw, David (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1846686717 ISBN-13: 9781846686719 Publisher: Serpent's Tail OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 Annotation: "Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images."-"The Washington Post" "To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives . . . remarkable."-"The New Statesman" With a magical realism that blurs the boundaries between life and the afterlife in Mozambique, Mia Couto captures Africa today-a brilliant dissonance of old and new sounds.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 869.342 |
| LCCN: 2008472402 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images.--The Washington Post To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives . . . remarkable.--The New Statesman With a magical realism that blurs the boundaries between life and the afterlife in Mozambique, Mia Couto captures Africa today--a brilliant dissonance of old and new sounds. |